Toni J. Martinez - Resume
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EDUCATION
2025 BFA – Painting - Appalachian State University
Art Departmental Honors – Appalachian State University
Art Teaching Assistant – Tim Ford, Appalachian State University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Sewing Lavender, solo exhibition, 3rd place, Boone NC
Senior exhibition, group, Smith Gallery, Boone NC
Soft spot- popup show, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone NC
Third Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University
2023 Belk Library Art Contest- juried, Belk Library, Appalachian State University
Second Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University
2022 First Annual Portrait Show, 3rd Place, Boone NC
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-present Freelance Artist - self employed
2025 summer Studio Assistant - Jeana Eve Klein, Appalachian State U., Boone NC
2023 summer Cleaner - Appalachian Management Service, Boone NC
2022 summer Custom Framer - Michaels, Durham NC
2021 summer Dishwasher - Mellow Mushroom, Durham NC
2016 Art Teaching Assistant - Apex Anime Club
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2019-2020 Decorations Director - first county wide pride prom, wake
2019 Western Wake Crisis Ministry Volunteer
2018-2020 Sexuality And Gender Alliance (SAGA) Club Council Member
2017 Blackfoot Nation Reservation Volunteer - Montana
COLLECTIONS & AWARDS
2023 Appalachian State University, Belk Library, Boone NC
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington NC
Art Committee Choice Award, Belk Library, Appalachian State University
Third place, Second Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University
WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
2022 Class Framing workshop, Painting 1, Appalachian State University
2017 Figure drawing workshop, Apex Anime Club